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• The Assembly Higher Education Committee is now called to order.
• Thank you for all your service.
• that human workers could be replaced by AI.
• Good afternoon, Chair and committee members. My name is Kevin Weir.
• We know technology can augment humans, but it should never replace humans.

Summary: The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard two Senate measures focused on artificial intelligence in higher education. SCR 82 by Senator Niello would encourage the California higher education segments to convene a work group and share best practices on AI use, including how to address academic integrity and student use of AI in coursework. Supportive comments emphasized the need for intersegmental coordination and faculty/student engagement, while the Faculty Association for California Community Colleges raised concerns about preserving faculty purview, academic freedom, and governance differences at the community college level. The resolution was adopted and re-referred to the Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection on an 8-0 vote. The committee also heard SB 928 by Senator Cervantes, which would establish guardrails for AI use at CSU by requiring that faculty employee positions be filled by humans who meet CSU minimum qualifications and that instructors of record be human faculty for credit and non-credit instruction. The author and supporters, including the California Faculty Association, Teamsters California, the California Federation of Labor Unions, and the State Building and Construction Trades Council, argued the bill is needed to prevent AI from replacing faculty and to preserve the human role in teaching and student support. Members asked for clarification that the bill would not apply to classified, administrative, or clerical employees, and the author’s office said the definition was intended to mirror CSU faculty classifications and bargaining language. Both measures received unanimous support from the committee after discussion. SB 928 was passed to the Assembly Floor on a 10-0 vote, with several members requesting to be added as coauthors. The consent calendar, which included SB 308, SB 892, and SB 968, was also approved unanimously, and the committee adjourned after announcing its next hearing date.

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• Is Senate Committee on Public Safety.
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• </c> housing that is not humane. housing that is not humane.
• </c> this particular committee. Thanks. this particular committee. Thanks.
• </c> judiciary committee. We just keep going. judiciary committee. We just keep going.

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Summary: The working group convened with all members present, approved the minutes from its October 16, 2025 meeting and its October 28, 2025 Halawa Correctional Facility site visit by unanimous consent, and received no public testimony on the agenda or minutes. The chair then reviewed the statutory timeline under Act 292/SB 104, noting the group continues until January 8, 2027, and discussed required reporting dates and the need to develop a work plan for the remaining meetings. The chair also said the October 16 DCR presentation would be treated as satisfying the group’s interim-report purpose, though the legal reporting obligations to the Legislature and oversight commission still needed to be sorted out. The main discussion focused on DCR’s proposed amendments to Act 292 and the department’s interim report. Director Johnson said the department’s October 16 presentation included recommended statutory amendments because the law, as written, could not be fully complied with; the proposals were described as section-by-section changes intended to address implementation problems. Members discussed several specific issues, including transfer language for higher levels of care, the 2010 MOA with the Department of Health, and replacing “physician” with “clinician” to reflect staffing realities. DCR explained that the change would allow licensed clinicians, including APRNs and doctors of osteopathy, to make decisions when physicians are not on duty, and that the MOA is being updated so transfers can occur from any DCR facility to the state hospital. An OHA staff member gave a detailed critique of the proposed amendments, saying they would weaken Act 292’s intent by reducing procedural protections, expanding exceptions, and relying on aspirational language such as “strive” and “if practicable.” OHA also raised concerns about the lack of baseline data on restrictive housing use and said the department’s report showed serious operational problems, including overcrowded and outdated facilities, limited space for private medical or mental health exams, and the use of suicide/safety cells for people who may not need mental health treatment. DCR responded that it had requested 35 new medical positions in the budget, supported by the governor, and said those positions are needed to meet basic care obligations for people in custody. The group did not take a vote on the proposed amendments. Instead, members agreed to continue the discussion, with the chair saying the reports, settlement tracker, 2010 MOA, and comparison guidelines would be distributed and used as the basis for future work. In the final discussion on work-plan priorities, members identified staffing shortages, physical plant limitations, and the need to examine humane alternatives and implementation challenges as key topics for upcoming meetings.

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• This includes services such as communications, human resources, legal, finance, budget, fleet, building
• This includes services such as communications, human resources, legal, finance, budget, fleet, building
• This includes services such as communications, human resources, legal, finance, budget, fleet, building
• This includes services such as communications, human resources, legal, finance, budget, fleet, building
• Chairing Committee Member.

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• Today, this Joint Health and Human Services Committee of Reference will be conducting sunset reviews
• Madam Co-Chair, I moved that the Joint House and Senate Health and Human Services Committee of Reference
• Madam Co-Chair, I move that the Joint House and Senate Health and Human Services Committee of Reference
• Madam Co-Chair, I move that the Joint House and Senate Health and Human Services Committee of Reference
• Madam Co-chair, I move that the Joint House of Senate Health and Human Services Committee of Reference

Summary: The committee met as a Joint Health and Human Services Committee of Reference to hear sunset reviews and performance audit findings for several health-related boards. The first action taken was on the Arizona State Board of Pharmacy. The Auditor General reported that while the board met some licensing deadlines, it had significant problems enforcing controlled substances prescription monitoring program (CSPMP) requirements, timely investigating complaints, and documenting fee analyses and other compliance items. The board director said the agency had implemented some recommendations, was seeking legislative help on CSPMP enforcement and data issues, and described staffing and vendor challenges. A public member testified that the board was generally efficient but that statutory gaps limited its effectiveness. The committee then voted 13-0, with six not voting, to continue the Board of Pharmacy for six years until July 1, 2032, with statutory changes to improve its operations. The committee next reviewed the Arizona State Board of Nursing. The Auditor General found the board timely processed licenses but continued to resolve too many complaints late, with a large and growing backlog of open cases, and identified additional issues in oversight, accounting, public records, and conflict-of-interest practices. The executive director said the board had been under-resourced as nursing volume and complaints increased, requested 28 additional investigative positions, and described efforts to triage cases and improve tracking. The Arizona Nurses Association supported the board’s role and said it was working on a bill, House Bill 2408, to improve accountability, prioritization, and fairness in the disciplinary process. A nurse attorney testified that changes to complaint notice, the scope of investigations, and triage could shorten delays. The committee approved continuation of the Board of Nursing for four years until July 1, 2030, by a 14-0 vote with five not voting. The committee then heard the sunset review for the Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Examiners. The Auditor General reported that the board generally met licensing timelines but had documentation problems verifying fingerprint clearance cards or criminal history checks, and it failed to act promptly on a renewal application involving serious sex-trafficking-related charges. The board said it had accepted all recommendations, had implemented most of them, had moved to a new licensing platform, and had hired help to address rulemaking delays. Members asked about fingerprint verification and the handling of the serious criminal charges. The committee voted 16-0 to continue the board for four years until July 1, 2030, with statutory changes to improve its performance. Finally, the committee began the review of the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants. The Auditor General found the board had met some licensing and enforcement requirements but lacked adequate executive oversight, accountability, and tracking systems, and it had very high complaint-resolution delays. The report also criticized the board’s incentive pay structure, which paid all staff based on measures unrelated to complaint timeliness. The new executive director said the board had created formal investigative timelines, improved reporting, sought additional support staff, and was updating IT and incentive metrics; she also explained that the board is a shared agency with the Medical Board. The transcript ends during this presentation, before any vote on the physician assistant board is shown.

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• Reports of committees will be deemed read and amendments adopted.
• She was approved by the Rules Committee on May 13th on a 5-0 vote.
• She was approved by the Rules Committee on May 13th on a 5-0 vote.
• So let's build some humanizing ones and be responsible about it.
• So it did go through my Environmental Quality Committee.

Keywords: 987, senate, all

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• I call this hearing of the Assembly Committee on Human Services to order.
• AB 673 helps close that gap by strengthening coordination between schools and the human services systems
• and coordinate with a variety of housing and social service partners.
• Thank you so much, Alanis, for working the committee on this bill.
• Business before the Assembly Human Services Committee is complete. The hearing is now adjourned.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• Thank you, Madam Chair, members of the committee.
• It is now in the House Committee sub.
• And this was in the committee last year, in this committee. Two years ago it was in Gen. Laws.
• For the questions from the committee.
• There will be a House Committee substitute.

Keywords: 959, house, all

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• Chair, members of the committee.
• Of buildings or of humans? Of these facilities. Okay, I'm talking about humans.
• Of buildings or of humans? Of these facilities. Okay, I'm talking about humans.
• Thank you for your service.
• Thank you for your service.

Summary: The committee held public hearings on several bills, beginning with HB 2855, which would let the Department of Labor adjust workers’ compensation administrative taxes and the second injury fund surcharge in smaller 0.1% increments instead of 0.5%. The sponsor and the department said the change would better right-size collections and reduce the burden on employers; the Missouri Chamber also supported the bill as good governance. No opposition was presented, and the hearing on HB 2855 was closed. The committee then heard extensive testimony on HB 3142, a camp-safety bill prompted by the Camp Mystic flooding tragedy in Texas and a Missouri drowning case. The sponsor and multiple grieving parents urged mandatory emergency plans, staff training, background checks, licensing, weather warnings, and clearer oversight for summer camps. Supporters included the American Camp Association and some state and youth-safety advocates, while opponents—especially camp operators, the Missouri Afterschool Network, and park and recreation representatives—argued the bill was too broad, could burden day camps and church camps, and might worsen child-care shortages. Several witnesses suggested the bill should be narrowed to distinguish overnight residential camps from lower-risk day camps and possibly be housed under DSS rather than DESE. No vote was taken. Finally, the committee took testimony on HB 1893 and HB 2075, which would require sex-segregated multi-occupancy restrooms and locker rooms in private schools and public buildings, with enforcement tied to state funding in some cases. Sponsors said the bills were meant to create clear statewide standards and protect privacy and safety; opponents argued the measures would harm transgender and intersex people, be difficult or impossible to enforce, and create safety and discrimination problems. Supporters emphasized private-school autonomy and concerns about safety in shared facilities. The hearing concluded after extensive questioning, with no action or vote reported.

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• Can you of mental health services.
• We unanimously agreed on the committee report, which is printed in today's calendar.

Keywords: 926, house, all

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• </c> our committees this year. our committees this year.
• This bill adjusts fiscal years 26-27 appropriation for the Department of Human Services, Department of
• We will be meeting at our regular time on Monday, anticipating at this point three bills: the Human Services
• point three bills, the<00:12:50.360><c> Human</c><00:12:50.640><c> Services</c><00:12:51.160><c> budget
• </c><00:12:51.520><c> bill,</c> the Human Services budget bill, the Human Services budget bill, uh<00

Keywords: 1183, house

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• The Senate Committee on Health and Human Services will come to order, and the clerk will please call
• Members, welcome. to the Committee on Health and Human Services for the 89th legislative session.
• I'm honored to serve on this committee.
• And Senator Cook, welcome to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
• We do have that committee substitute. Senator Perry sends up the committee substitute.

Bills: SB 25, SB25, SB314

Keywords: attorney ad litem, indigent parents, parent-child relationship, legal representation, Texas Family Code, court procedures, nutrition, health standards, food labeling, education, dietary guidelines, medical education, food safety, school meals, child nutrition, food additives, public health, 1185, senate, all

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• House Bills 640, 641, 642, and 649 were referred to the Commerce and Human Resources Committee.
• House Bill 640, 641, 642, and 649 were referred to Commerce and Human Resources Committee.
• House Bill 643 and 649 referred to Commerce and Human Resources Committee, House Bill 643, 644, 645,
• House Commerce and Human Resources Committee will not meet Friday, February 13th, Holtzclaw Chairman.
• House Commerce and Human Resources Committee will not meet Friday, February 13th, Holtzclaw Chairman.

Summary: The House convened with 67 members present, approved the journal, and received committee reports referring a large slate of bills and resolutions to various committees or to second reading. Several new bills were introduced, including measures on cemetery maintenance districts, ICE agreements and immigration status reporting, milk testing, specialty license plates, driver licensing and vehicle registration deadlines for new residents, child custody interference, cloud seeding, urban renewal, and a sales tax rebate. House Concurrent Resolutions 21 and 22, concerning Transportation and Education rules, were sent for printing. On the floor, the House suspended the rules to take up House Bill 613 immediately. The bill, which addresses liability protections for private polling places, election workers, volunteers, and certain nonprofit locations used for Election Day, passed 68-0 and was transmitted to the Senate. The House also passed House Bill 587, providing continuous spending authority for the rangeland improvement account, after extended debate over legislative oversight versus the need to spend grant and account funds on time; it passed 44-25. House Bill 573, expanding flexibility for enhanced concealed carry instructor qualifications, passed 68-0, and House Bill 624, revising oversight and accountability requirements for the Idaho Home Learning Academy, also passed 68-0. The House returned House Bill 547 and House Bill 525 to committee at the request of sponsors, moved House Bill 530 to general orders, and held the remaining third-reading bills until Monday, February 16, 2026. Announcements noted upcoming committee meetings, a 4-H breakfast, a memorial committee event, and other caucus or lunch notices. The House then adjourned until 10 a.m. Monday, February 16, 2026.

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• Pat gives you respect first of all as a human being and second as a government-elected official.
• If I go back to this, and I had the opportunity to go to her service, and Pat Murphy was there.
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• The appointment of other standing committees, assignments, and the new committee meeting schedule will
• assignments and the standing committees assignments and the new<01:12:29.960><c> committee</c><01:12

Keywords: 1183, house

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• Today, this Joint Health and Human Services Committee of Reference will be conducting sunset reviews
• Madam Co-Chair, I moved that the Joint House and Senate Health and Human Services Committee of Reference
• Madam Co-Chair, I move that the Joint House and Senate Health and Human Services Committee of Reference
• Madam Co-Chair, I move that the Joint House and Senate Health and Human Services Committee of Reference
• Madam Co-chair, I move that the Joint House and Senate Health and Human Services Committee of Reference

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• >> The Senate Judiciary Committee.
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• Chairman, members of the committee.
• Chairman, members of the committee.
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• Welcome to the committee.
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• </c><00:32:38.519><c> my</c> madam chair members of the committee my madam chair members of the committee
• <01:15:35.440><c> is</c><01:15:35.520><c> adjourned</c> committee is adjourned committee is adjourned

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• I'm the Chair of the Judiciary Committee. Uh, other members of the committee may join us later.
• ><c> a</c><00:17:29.360><c> focus</c><00:17:29.600><c> on</c> legal services with a focus on legal services
• </c> &gt;&gt; Um, immigration is of course a human &gt;&gt; Um, immigration is of course a human rights
• </c><00:32:34.640><c> for</c> immigration legal services for immigration legal services for low-income
• </c> other humane place to hold them. other humane place to hold them.

Keywords: 912, senate, all

Summary: The Judiciary Committee held an informational briefing on the impact and legality of federal immigration enforcement efforts in Hawaii, with Chair Carl Rhodes framing it as the sixth and final interim briefing in a series on the rule of law and local effects of federal actions. He said the discussion would focus on due process concerns, questioning and detention of citizens and lawful immigrants, free speech issues, and pressure on state and local law enforcement, and noted the issues may be revisited in the 2026 regular session. There was no public testimony or committee vote; only invited speakers presented. Dr. Amy Agayani opened by arguing that immigrants are integral to Hawaii’s history, economy, and communities, and contrasted that with what she described as harmful narratives portraying immigrants as criminals. She cited figures that one in five Hawaii residents is foreign-born, that immigrants make up about 20% of the labor force and over 27% of entrepreneurs, and that roughly 40,000 people in Hawaii are undocumented, many of whom may have pathways to legal status but face language, information, and court barriers. She also said federal enforcement has expanded beyond undocumented immigrants to include citizens and lawful residents, and warned that attacks on birthright citizenship and visa categories could affect many families. Matina Mock of the legal clinic emphasized the complexity of immigration law and the severe lack of legal representation, noting a nationwide backlog of 11.3 million immigration-related applications and 3.4 million court cases, plus about 1,400 pending immigration cases in Honolulu with only two immigration judges. She said Hawaii has only six or seven nonprofit immigration legal service providers, and that represented clients are far more likely to obtain relief. Mock described a recent case involving a lawful student visa holder who was transferred among multiple federal facilities before being brought to Honolulu without clear notice, which she said illustrated due process violations. She also said ICE activity in Hawaii has sharply increased, with about 150 arrests from January to July 2025, a 380% increase over the same period in 2024, and that many detainees have no criminal record. Stephanie Haro Sevilla and another clinic fellow described 2025 enforcement as a major shift driven by a January executive order, the end of prior limits on arrests in sensitive locations, and arrest quotas they said require 3,000 arrests per day nationwide. They said this has led to arrests without warrants or probable cause, broader targeting of people with minor offenses or no criminal history, and the use of resources from other federal agencies and local law enforcement for civilian immigration enforcement. They also said the federal detention center in Honolulu is holding roughly 40 to 80 civilian detainees on any given day, often in conditions they characterized as prison-like, and warned that the current escalation could eventually affect lawful permanent residents and naturalized citizens. The speakers urged the public to support immigrant-rights advocates and local protective policies and funding measures.

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• From 2016 to 2019, after nearly two decades of faithful service. full service as Archbishop Cardinal
• Okay, yes, it gets referred to committees as per the Constitution.
• jurisdiction, but to a... committee of the whole.
• The Texas Senate has had multiple committees formed.
• Tarabay hands as a beacon of hope and humanity.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• Deputy Howes, thank you for your service. Welcome to the Florida House. Thank you for your service.
• This bill has traveled through two committees, very serious committees.
• By Health and Human Services Committee, Health Care Facilities and Systems Subcommittee, and Representative
• By Health and Human Services Committee, Health Care Facilities and Systems Subcommittee, and Representative
• Health and Human Services Committee, Health Care Facilities and Systems Subcommittee, and Representative

Summary: The House convened with prayer, a moment of silence for Walton County Deputy Will May, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a quorum present. The Rules and Ethics Committee’s special order report for April 3, 2025 was adopted, and CS/HB 947 was recommitted to the Judiciary Committee. The chamber then moved through a series of bills, mostly reviser and technical measures, with several companion Senate bills substituted and passed: SB 36 (Florida statutes adoption act), SB 42 (general reviser’s bill), SB 40 (deleting inoperative statutory provisions), and SB 38 (renaming references from the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services to the Division of Criminal Investigations). All of those passed unanimously or near-unanimously. The House also passed HB 513 on electronic transmittal of court orders, requiring clerks to electronically send certain petitions, notices, summonses, and orders within six hours, including Baker Act, Marchman Act, and risk protection order documents. Members discussed whether judges needed to direct transmission and whether there were fail-safes if clerks did not comply. HB 615, on electronic delivery of notices between landlords and tenants, was amended to strengthen tenant protections and passed 108-0. HB 655 establishing a regulatory framework for pet insurance, HB 299 on elevator accessibility requirements, and HB 1145 on workforce education also passed, with HB 1145 receiving 100 yeas and 4 nays. HB 649, removing the paper supervised protocol for certified registered nurse anesthetists, passed 77-30 after structured debate. A major portion of the meeting focused on CS/HB 1205, which would significantly revise Florida’s citizen initiative process. The bill adds a $1 million bond requirement after 25% of required signatures are collected, requires petition handlers to be Florida residents and U.S. citizens, imposes background checks and training for paid circulators, shortens petition turn-in deadlines to 10 days, increases penalties, adds signature revocation notices, and creates additional criminal penalties and enforcement provisions. Supporters argued the changes were needed to address fraud and protect petition integrity; opponents said the bill would burden First Amendment activity and make citizen-led amendments much harder to qualify. Numerous amendments were offered, including proposals to remove sensitive personal information from petition forms, soften deadlines and penalties, change validation thresholds, and alter the estimating conference process; most failed, though one amendment clarifying who pays for background checks was adopted. The transcript ends during continued debate on an amendment to strike most of the bill and prohibit public funds from being used to advocate for or against constitutional amendments.

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• have been reviewed and approved by the House Commerce and Human Resources Committee.
• have been reviewed and approved by the House Commerce and Human Resources Committee.
• Senate Bill No. 1273, by the Commerce and Human Resources Committee, is an act relating to veterans,
• Senate Bill No. 1275, by the Commerce and Human Resources Committee, is an act relating to the public
• Senate Bills 1273, 1274, and 1275 will be referred to the Commerce and Human Resources Committee.

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